Great special effects but infantile

Rating: 2/10 (22 December 2013)

As "science" fiction this is infantile. Like the new Star Trek, and Terminator Salvation, Battleship, and many others, the special effects are great but the plot and the acting make this a "real life" comic. There is no effort at all to offer a plausible basis for the plot elements. The entire movie is an insult to the intelligence, but it looks good. I guess that's what it takes to rake in the big money these days.
The characters are shallow, spoiled, egotists who try to be larger than life heroes but end up looking like reckless children let loose in a toy factory. If these are the best humanity has to put up against its enemies, it makes you want to root for its enemies.